Oakland gas station owner Cwell says this man made racially-charged statements after Cwell didnโt allow him to pay for his gas in quarters b/c they couldnโt all fit in the register. (1/4)
When Cwell noticed the man getting something in his pocket he grabbed some cleaning spray to protect himself.
But it was too late. Surveillance video shows the man spraying Cwell w/what looks like pepper spray. Cwell had to go to the ER.
Here you can see the man and the pile of quarters. He seems to be irritated after both the cashier and Cwell say he canโt use them. The man starts recording. (3/4)
NOTE: Lior Zeevi of Insulation Gurus told me he is disgusted by the manโa actions.
The man in the video is wearing a sweatshirt w the Insulation Guru logo but stressed the man is NOT an employee/affiliated w/them. His brother is a *former* employee.
โ ๏ธ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ก๐: ๐๐ซ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ก๐๐จ๐๐๐ โ ๏ธ Uber driver Subhakar told me he picked up 3 women in the Bayview yesterday & after asking one to wear a mask was subject to slurs, taunting & one grabbing his phone.
Heโs taking a few days off.
SFPD is investigating.
UPDATE: An Uber spokesperson sent me this statementโ โThe behavior seen in the video is appalling. The rider no longer has access to Uber.โ
UPDATE: Subhakar shared these images with me detailing how Uber offered him $20 to clean his car after one of the riders, according to SFPD sprayed what is believed to be pepper spray in his car.
Uber then offered him $40. In the end he was given $120 for his ordeal.
๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ก๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐:
โValeriaโ thought she was going to be raped after she was attacked & dragged into a homeless encampment.
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She escaped & her alleged assailant arrested.
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2+ months later the same man was arrested for raping a woman in a parking garage. (1/3)
Suspect Allen Stewart was wearing an ankle monitor during the rape.
Valeria came to the US f/Mexico 17 years ago & told me โI thought the US was safe.ย I want that for my daughter.ย I want my daughter as a woman to be successful &...to dream w/o being assaulted.โ (2/3)
Valeria told me:
โI want genuine help for myself and for the other people that he assaulted. I want him to stay in jail.โ
My email to the DAโs office & to Chesa Boudin on Thursday (originally was to air Friday) asking why Stewart was out w/ ankle monitor was not answered.
๐๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ: Ari told me she was coming home from work Friday afternoon when she was attacked by 4 people along Union Street in West Oakland. She says she was pistol-whipped, her keys and car then stolen.
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When we talked tonightโshe said she
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wasnโt angry at the suspects. Despite 2 flashing guns she actually tried to diffuse the situation by telling them there were cameras and people all around.
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She just wants this message to get out: speak out if you see something like this happening. Donโt just watch. (2/3)
Finally one man stopped after the ordeal ended and helped her.
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Ari says she worked 3 jobs to pay for her car right out of high school and would like it back. Itโs a white 2015 Toyota Carolla S with plates 7LYN600. She has filed a police report (3/3)
BREAKING: โPlease donโt hurt my kidsโ Sean & Winnifred Fang are 4 & almost 2. Their dad says they were kidnapped when a man stole his van while delivering food in Pacific Heights.
Dad says kids speak only Mandarin. SFPD issuing Amber Alert shortly.
This happened in the 2100 block of Jackson around 8:45 tonight.
@SFPD confirm theyโre looking for a silver Honda Odyssey with 7FPK543 plates.
FOUND! @SFPD say the kids are safe but are getting medical out just as a precaution. Waiting on details about what happened. So, so relieved.
Police say Jerry Lyons (pictured here) was driving a stolen car, on drugs when he hit and killed Sheria, who was out for a jog.
Hannah went searching for Sheria when he didnโt come home.
When she got to the lake she said โI just hyperventilated.โ
Sheriaโs mentor says he was brilliant. A Dartmouth grad, top 3% in his class. Speaks 5 languages and wanted to teach their 3-year old son Theo Swahli.
He had bid dreams of one day buying a house in Kenya to be with his family there part of the year.
โ ๏ธ WARNING: this video is hard to watch. Another shocking attack in Oaklandโs Chinatown. 8th and Harrison Streets. Outside the Asian Resource Center.
20+ robbery/assault incidents in the neighborhood according to the Chinatown Chamber president.